The cost to obtain a new tld; especially where they’ve been awarded after heated auctions among financial elephants; will total amounts far higher than many might imagine.

The big battles will only be settled in national and international courts, as they are far out of WIPO and NAF’s leagues; and will make court actions over mere individual domains look like small claims actions in comparison.

An entirely new legal specialty will rise up to meet this demand…and by 2015 at least one case will reach the Supreme Court.

Yes; this is going to be fun and entertaining to watch.

Did anyone ask about .xxx for example?

Would that domain pass this morality clause??

What do you think “existing legal rights” covers, more than trademarks?

Finally “community objection”, is that the same as where the adult website were against .xxx a year ago and that was cited as one of the reasons for rejecting the application??

thanks

In Paris, the staff claimed that the bar was going to be high for opposition for reason of moralality or public order. There were a lot of questions trying to get the staff to be clearer about what that meant by a high bar without much of an answer.

Secondly, as with UDRP complaints, there is going to be a fee to file an opposition against new TLDs. I think that the fees will be much greater than UDRP fees and the TLD applicant will probably have to pay a fee to defend the opposition as well.

I agree, typo extensions are not going to be allowed.